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BookmarkDavid, just realized I will be out of town Monday! Hope you're hosting this again.
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Posted Sep 22, 2008 Gadget maker by Joe Hage
Joseph,
I must apologize for not being the first to respond...
I'm intrigued. Email me.
Also, I'd have to agree with Joseph's hatred of Go Daddy... After more than a year of dealing with their site I've recently decided that it is horrendous!
They can handle traffic, that is not a problem. If for some reason you find yourself with a million hits, for one, you'll probably be rich and owe me lunch and two, you can always up your bandwidth by paying the devil his dues.
My hatred is derived from their slow site due to the enormous amounts of advertisments and their account interface is convoluted and not well designed.
Enough ranting. :-p
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Posted Aug 26, 2008 Company Picnic by Erin Pierce
Yes, it was lovely to have met you as well! I'm very excited for the Company Picnic :0)
Spread the word!
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Posted Aug 26, 2008 Blatant self-promotion (no - not me - Julia Allison) by Linda Watson
Fantastic article ... urr rather, brilliant girl ... the world of marketing is always at a constant shift and i am continuously fascinated with the brilliance of individuals such as Allison... thanks for sharing!
joe hage, when are you buying heyyouitsmejoehage.com????
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Posted Aug 12, 2008 Company Picnic by Erin Pierce
i think that will be possible... i believe they will be slightly more expensive at the door... I don't remember the exact figure...
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Posted Aug 03, 2008 Company Picnic by Erin Pierce
Ladies and gentlemen, the website has officially launched and we are ready for you! Sign up now to reserve your spot at the largest party Seattle's entrepreneurs have ever known :-)
I give you: Company Picnic
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Posted Jul 28, 2008 Company Picnic by Erin Pierce
Sweet, will do!
Amy, I believe there will be caesar salad on the side and potentially a vegetarian alternative but I'm not 100% on that. There's always the option of liquid diet ... but that may lead to questionable behavior and slurring of words ... :-P
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Posted Jul 16, 2008 Company Picnic by Erin Pierce
Sweet deal!
Here's a note to everyone... If you're at all interested, post here and I'll be sure to send everyone a message when the site is up and ready to go!
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Posted Jul 16, 2008 Company Picnic by Erin Pierce
Just so you all know, this is more than your ordinary picnic! There will be games such as potato sack races, relay races, potentially minature golf, a dunk tank and all sorts of other goodies!
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Posted Jul 15, 2008 Company Picnic by Erin Pierce
I know! The fully interactive site will launch August 1st. We're working hard right now.
If you like, you can purchase tickets through any one of us listed above. We'll have physical tickets soon. I'll mark you down as 1!
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Posted Jul 11, 2008 BizJam Seattle 08 by Piper Lauri Salogga
The sessions were fantastic and the party was a blast! Can't wait til next year :0)
WAHOO!
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Posted Jun 17, 2008 Invite History by Frank Wong
I would love to see this as a feature as well ... I have invited many people but only a few actually signed up. I have a general idea of who those are, but cannot know for sure.
Another idea:
I've had several people sign up with out using the link ... which makes the invite system superfluous.
What if when individuals are sent an invite link through the Biznik site, their email would be stored and if / when they sign up, regardless of if they use the link, the first individual who invited them will get credit.
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Posted Jun 14, 2008 Any wild ideas? by Banu Sekendur
Haha, I love it Banu...
When I was 10 I came up with the meatball scooper. I had to make meatballs with my mom once and my hands got really cold! So i decided to come up with a scissor like contraption that had spoon scoops on the ends. That way you could just cup out the meat and extract it into the pan using the ice cream type release...
I drew it all up and showed my parents and they said, "oh yeah, that's really great... I think I've seen that before" ...
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Posted Jun 14, 2008 My dirty little secret. by Elizabeth Lee
And she's not making this up folks! I've seen her closets :-D
Speaking of shoe racks... this site has some fabulous ideas: Not Martha's shoe rack idea
Off to clean my closets!
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Posted Jun 14, 2008 Need Feed Back !!! by Magdaline Makris
Couple things Maggie,
When it comes to online purchasing or payment, your site must create a sense of trust with the user. Just as with any other marketing piece, if it doesn’t look well thought out or professional, people will be less likely to do business with you.
Websites need structure and an inviting aesthetic presence. There are several ways you can achieve this:
The first would be font choice. Immediately when visiting your site I see you’ve got at least four different fonts being used. Two is about the maximum that should used. Fonts can help sift through the hierarchy of information. What am I to think when there is no consistency in size or font choice? It feels chaotic and disorganized.
Layout structure. The text displayed extends the width of the browser window. It is very difficult to read having to scan across such a wide span, and therefore, as the user I am less likely to read all of the information and get confused as to what you want me to do. You’ve got to make it plain as day for users. I shouldn’t have to think! Read this article and it will help clarify
Color choice. The same principles I talked about with fonts can be applied with color as well. I need consistency and organization as the user.
With these items combined, you will draw your users in and create trust. If I have to pay to enter the contest, I need to trust you and your site. Otherwise, I won’t even think twice and I will leave the site without reading anything.
I hope this helps… and isn’t too harsh.
My best,
Erin
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Posted Jun 12, 2008 How Effective is Your Website? by Erin Pierce
Fantastic. I've been crawling the web lately and reading everything I can get my hands on!
Some of my frequents:
Smashing Magazine. LOVE love love their stuff. They have very relevant information for more than just web designers & developers.
HONGKIAT. This is more of a technical blog... Has many categories that are relating to online and tech industries.
PSD Tuts. Cool photoshop tutorials and such. I like to see what I can create :-)
FaveUp. I gather inspirational tidbits from here. Some great designs...
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Posted Jun 12, 2008 How Effective is Your Website? by Erin Pierce
Hey Judy,
What a fabulous article. Thank you for sharing.
This article has some related information also covered in the article I began this thread with, F-Shaped Patter
I Quote:
- Users won't read your text thoroughly in a word-by-word manner. Exhaustive reading is rare, especially when prospective customers are conducting their initial research to compile a shortlist of vendors. Yes, some people will read more, but most won't.
- The first two paragraphs must state the most important information. There's some hope that users will actually read this material, though they'll probably read more of the first paragraph than the second.
- Start subheads, paragraphs, and bullet points with information-carrying words that users will notice when scanning down the left side of your content in the final stem of their F-behavior. They'll read the third word on a line much less often than the first two words.
End Quote.
So tell me what blogs do you read, and why? Where do you find the most informational resources and interesting tidbits?
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Posted Jun 11, 2008 For Web Eyes Only hosted by Erin Pierce
Oh sad day! We shall meet another time when you're on this side of the country!
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Posted Jun 09, 2008 Learn More About SEO by Erin Pierce
Let's say for example you'd like to do some research on your competition. So you go to Google and search under "portland business coaches". The plugin will show you details on WHY those results were returned. There are many facets to SEO and one can never be 100% sure as to why Company A showed up over Company B. However, the information this tool provides can help you to better understand what you can do on your website to return hire search results.
Take a look at the linked page and scroll down to SEO for Firefox Extension Features. This quickly outlines the items it displays when returning search results. Most of those items figure into your websites "searchabilty" and rank.
It might benefit you to contact your web manager and/or a reputable SEO expert like Barry Hurd to find out more on native search results and how to get hire rankings.
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Posted Jun 09, 2008 Learn More About SEO by Erin Pierce
Just came across yet another helpful tool: Web Marketing SEO Tool
I really liked this one... Helps to gain perspective.
I downloaded the plugin for Mozilla but it doesn't seem to be operating properly. When I searched all of the data that was supposed to be displayed had question marks... as if there was no data...
Bob, have you tried it? What are your results?
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Posted Jun 08, 2008 How Effective is Your Website? by Erin Pierce
Yes, same here Bob!
I like your drinking from the hose analogy! Very true :-)
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Posted Jun 08, 2008 How Effective is Your Website? by Erin Pierce
I know Terry... I too have been inhaling everything I can lately. I've found several other sites worth subscribing too. It would be great to meet you too!
